[2020 Elections\Bloomberg’s Racism and Misogyny]
Bloomberg was New York City mayor from 2002 to 2013. He presided over the notorious, illegal “Stop-and-Frisk” program. The NYPD conducted more than 5 million stops and interrogations.
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[Press Freedom\NYPD]
CPJ’s Courtney Radsch: “Police should respect reporters’ right to keep source information private, rather than subpoenaing tech companies to gain information on journalists and their sources and methods.”
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[Police Brutality\PBA Lawsuit\CCRB]
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York, and to build a lasting movement that promotes public safety and reduces reliance on policing.
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[Racial Policing\MTA\Fare Evasion]
Attorney General James: “We’ve all read the stories and seen the disturbing videos of men, women, and children being harassed, dragged away, and arrested by officers in our city’s subway system, which is why we are launching an investigation into this deeply troublesome conduct.”
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[Police Brutality\NYPD]
In July 2018, Officer Michael Reynolds, 26, unlawfully broke into the home of Conese Halliburton and terrorized her and her family in an apparent booze-fueled racist rant repeatedly calling her the N-word. Reynolds was captured on a neighbor’s Ring security camera threatening her saying, “I’ll [expletive] break every bone in your [expletive] neck.”He then reportedly said, “fucking niggers”
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[New York\Racism]
Attorney Tahanie Aboushie’s statement: “We are disappointed, to say the least, that the NYPD has permitted Cristiano Moura to continue to target Adams by weaponizing law enforcement against Adams, who is without question, the victim here.”
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[Racial Policing\Center for Constitutional Rights]
The monitor further found serious flaws in the NYPD’s process for investigating racial profiling complaints against its officers, to the extent that complainants, witnesses and officers are often not even interviewed, leads are not followed up on, and investigators often fail to take note of prior profiling complaints against particular officers.
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[New York News\MTA]
Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard: “The crackdown on low-income communities of color trying to access public transit must end. We cannot stand by as the MTA and the NYPD continue to criminalize poverty and harass working-class people. We are proud to stand with organizations and individuals who are fighting back against this onslaught. Together, we are all working to build a city that is accessible and affordable for all New Yorkers.”
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[New York News\Criminal Justice]
Monifa Bandele, spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund (CPRAF). “New Yorkers saw through the police union games and voted overwhelmingly to allow the CCRB to investigate officers who lie in misconduct investigations. New Yorkers want safety without police violence and harassment. The era of police unions being able to unilaterally dictate New York City policy is coming to an end.”
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[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Previously, I’ve called for primary challenges against Democrats—including Black ones—who are unresponsive to the needs of our people. We must escalate this strategy…If the Democratic Party wants our votes next November they must be must be forced to fight against racial policing.
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